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It is made from fibre taken from the inner bark of the kuzu plant which requires a great deal of processing to make it pliable enough to weave. This <i>kajibanten</i> would have been worn in the summer, the openwork nature of the kuzu cloth being very suitable for humid weather. At other times of the year a cotton version would have been worn. Such a delicate garment was only used for ceremonial purposes, however. When actually fighting a fire a much more robust jacket, often of leather, would have been worn.","physicalDescription":"Ceremonial samurai jacket (kajibanten) of natural-coloured plain weave <i>kuzu</i> fibre (fibre from the plant <i>pueraria hirsuta Matsumoto</i>). Front opening, with a seam down the centre back and no shoulder seams. The collar band extends to the bottom of the jacket at the front. The back seam is left unsewn for a length of 42 cm to form a vertical slit from waist level to hem. This slit, plus the hem and the cuff-ends of the sleeves, are bound with a narrow edging of brown silk and flat gold strips. There is a button and buttonhole on stiffened tabs sewn inside at chest level. These tabs are bound in the same edging as the rest of the jacket.\r\nThere are three applied crests (<i>mon</i>) on the upper back of the jacket, one on each of the sleeves and one across the centre back seam. They are also of <i>kuzu</i> fibre edged in brown silk cord. The same cord is decoratively applied to the inside of the collar band at waist level.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"plant fibre","id":"AAT14031"},{"text":"silk thread","id":"x30127"}],"techniques":[{"text":"plain weave","id":"x37295"},{"text":"applied work","id":"AAT53646"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Plain weave kuzu fibre with applied kuzu fibre decoration","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Men's clothes","id":"THES49043"}],"styles":[{"text":"Edo","id":"AAT106643"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006AN6406","2019MA9874","2019MA9875","2019MA9876","2019MA9877","2019MA9884","2019MA9885"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES313026"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Jacket","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Japan","id":"x29399"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"18th century-early 19th century","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1850-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"FE.26-1984","id":"O485292"},"association":"Object"},{"object":{"text":"FE.26A-1984","id":"O485292"},"association":"Object"},{"object":{"text":"FE.26B-1984","id":"O485292"},"association":"Object"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"4","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"4","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased. Registered File number 1983/2216.\r\n\r\nThis <i>kajibanten</i> would have been worn in summer (see FE.26 to B-1984), the openwork nature of the <i>kuzu</i> fibre being suitably cool for hot weather.\r\n\r\nThe vendor thinks that the summer garment dates from the early Edo because both warp and weft are of <i>kuzu</i>. He thinks that by mid-Edo only the weft was of <i>kuzu</i>, the warp being cotton or silk. There does not, however, seem any sure way to date these garments.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Kajibanten jacket, natural-coloured plain weave kuzu fibre with applied kuzu fibre decoration, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Edo period, 18th-early 19th century","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Jackson, Anna, Japanese Country Textiles, London: V&A Publications, 1997.","id":"AUTH406377"},"details":"p.61, fig.37","free":""}],"production":"Made in Kakegawa (Shizuoka prefecture)","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"crests","id":"AAT233389"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["FE.27-1984"],"accessionNumberNum":"27","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":1984,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2004-02-25","availableToBook":true}}